Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers (preT) by country
Percentage of benefits going to the third quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
31
Highest
20.8%
Honduras
Lowest
9.8%
Malawi
Median
17.4%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
318
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 20.8% in Honduras; the lowest is 9.8% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 17.4%, and the mean is 16.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Viet Nam (up 94.2%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 32.8%).
Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 20.8% | 2019 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 2 | Thailand | 20.7% | 2021 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 3 | Panama | 20.6% | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 4 | El Salvador | 20.5% | 2022 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 19.6% | 2020 | up 94.2% | flat |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 19.4% | 2022 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 7 | Peru | 19.4% | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 18.8% | 2019 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 9 | Georgia | 18.5% | 2021 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 18.3% | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 11 | Ecuador | 18.2% | 2022 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 12 | Colombia | 18.2% | 2022 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 13 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 17.9% | 2021 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 14 | Argentina | 17.7% | 2022 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 17.6% | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 16 | Chile | 17.4% | 2022 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 17 | Paraguay | 17.3% | 2022 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 18 | Belarus | 17.1% | 2019 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 19 | Pakistan | 16.9% | 2018 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 20 | Uruguay | 16.6% | 2022 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 21 | Mongolia | 16.0% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 22 | Romania | 15.9% | 2021 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 23 | Poland | 14.6% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 24 | Republic of Moldova | 14.2% | 2018 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 25 | Armenia | 14.0% | 2022 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 13.6% | 2021 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 27 | Brazil | 13.6% | 2022 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.3% | 2020 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 29 | Türkiye | 13.2% | 2019 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 13.0% | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 31 | Malawi | 9.8% | 2019 | down 32.8% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the third quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population